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General Monthly for Month Commencing: Wednesday 01 May 2024

	Aries	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Mar 21 - Apr 19
There is a lot of movement in the heavens this month and while the granddaddy of them all is Jupiter’s departure from your income sector and return to your communication sector on 26th May, the one that will be felt most personally is happening right as you move into the new month. As if wanting your attention from the start, Mars has chosen 1st May to return to Aries, with the warrior planet of the cosmos and your ruling planet making his way home for the first time in two years. Mars is a planet of action and after languishing for six weeks in a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart, he is ready for a fresh start from the get go. Returning just 11 days after your birthday month ended and less than 48 hours after Venus left Aries, something that has given your heart a voice and something to fight for, this gives you the confidence to draw a line in the sand as April ends and May begins. Meanwhile, all eyes are on the income side of the financial fence and even more so than is normally the case at this time of year. Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your income sector, the solar spotlight is always on your income sector at this time of year. However, with Jupiter in the final weeks of his 12 month quest for queen of commitment and Venus having returned at the end of April, this has brought the planets of money and luck together in order to bring things home. The Sun is here until 21st May, Venus until 24th May and Jupiter until 26th May. However, even after they leave there is a chance you haven’t yet exploited the full potential, with Mercury returning on 16th May and Mars next month with the smart head for money and drive to ensure no stone has been left unturned. Meanwhile, the Sun and Venus’ return to your communication sector will pave the way for Jupiter’s return just days later and where he will spend the next 13 months. This is an area of the chart that is like a Swizz army knife, with a tool for every occasion. Jupiter expands what he touches, ushering a period where you will be more mentally focused, you are better able to think on your feet, make smart choices, decisions and plans and where communication in all its forms is favoured.

	Taurus	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Apr 20 - May 20
The Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in Taurus and whether you were born this month or in the latter days of April, this is your birthday month and a chance to embrace a new solar year and the journey ahead. While Jupiter returned to Taurus during your birthday month last year, it was halfway through by then and just the start of a journey that would see the planet of luck and expansion spend 12 months laying down the foundations and opening the doors to a new 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion. The Sun has come full circle with Jupiter now at the end of that journey, this is giving you an empowered start to your new solar year and the remaining 11 years of your current Jupiter cycle. Last month’s alignment between Jupiter and Uranus has already opened your mind to possibilities and especially when it comes to your personal truth. As you move into the new month Venus, who had already moved through Taurus by the time Jupiter returned last month has just returned and here until 24th May, she will continue to give your heart a voice and for the rest of your birthday month. The Sun will leave on 21st May and Venus on 24th May, but with Mercury returning on 16th May but not leaving until early next month, with a chance to get your head in the game, ideas on the table and the communication lines open before Jupiter leaves on 26th May. While only by a matter of days, the Sun’s return to your income sector on 21st May and Venus’ return on 24th May is giving them a chance to get in first before Jupiter returns. By the time Jupiter returns to begin your biggest year for income growth and expansion in over a decade, the solar spotlight will still be on your income situation, matters and options, as it is at this time each year and Venus will have begun what she will work to make the most lucrative weeks of any year. The difference this time is that this will bring the planets of money and luck together here for the first time in over a decade.

	Gemini	Wednesday 01 May 2024	May 21 - Jun 21
While for everyone, May is one of the most pivotal months of 2024, with the major dynamics of the year and the solar system itself shifting as Jupiter changes signs for the first time in 12 months, for you this will have the biggest impact. As well as the planet of luck and expansion shifting his influence from one aspect of your life to another, this changes established partnerships between the outer planets, those that shape the year as a whole rather than those that are just passing through. The month begins, as it has done since May 2023, with Jupiter in a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart. This is when Jupiter returned to begin the 12 month wind down of your current 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion. However, it wasn’t until the Sun returned last month to begin the month long wind down of your old solar year that this took on any urgency, while Venus’ return at the end of April already has her taking your heart on a nostalgic trip down memory lane. This is going to see you spend a lot of time in your own head or looking back through the rear view mirror, something that could require more personal space. However, Mars’ return to your friendship sector just as we move into the month and with Mercury, the planet of communication here until 16th May, you are unlikely to become a recluse. Yet as the month progresses that draw to close old doors will strengthen, along with a sense of anticipation as you draw closer to the start of your most powerful solar year in over a decade. To begin with, when the Sun returns to Gemini on 21st May to begin your birthday month and new solar year there is nothing to suggest that this year will be any different, other than what your sixth sense will be telling you. It is three days later that Venus will return to Gemini on 24th May, with a chance to give your heart a voice and a say in what you want from the coming year. However, it is two days later that everything will change, with Jupiter returning to Gemini on 26th May to not only begin a lucky and expansive year with the potential for major new beginnings, but a new 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion. This will put all the returning planets to Gemini at a friendly aspect to Pluto in your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery from the start.

	Cancer	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Jun 22 - Jul 22
This is a month that makes sense of why the lunar nodes have been policing your work/life balance all year and why this has become more important than ever. By the time you reached the end of April, the Sun had been gone from your career sector for 10 days and with Venus having just left the day before this is when the push to get this professional year up to speed should have ended. While Mercury was still here, still in his early days back in direct motion he wasn’t in any hurry. Yet how April ended and how May will begin are two completely different realities, for it is just as you move into the new month that Mars, the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos arrives. Mars is the last of the faster planets to move through your career sector this year and here for the whole of May and into the early weeks of June, rather than dialling back this professional year is catching its second wind. It has been two years since Mars was here and while Mercury is giving you the intellectually savvy edge needed to work smart, these could be some of the busiest six weeks of the year, rivalled only by a busy start to the year. Meanwhile, the reason for a need for balance is that while this will see Mars leave your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery, Saturn and Neptune are staying on and they won’t be ignored. At the same time, while the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your friendship sector, with Venus having just returned and Jupiter leaving on 26th May, this is an important month for your social life, friendships, teamwork and for both personal and professional networking. However, the biggest need for the right work/life balance will come later in the month, when the Sun returns to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart on 21st May to begin the month long wind down of your old solar year. This will be followed by Venus’ return on 24th May, with a chance to take your heart on a nostalgic trip down memory lane ahead of her return to Cancer next month. However, it is on 26th May that Jupiter will return to begin the 13 month wind down of your current 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion.

	Leo	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Jul 23 - Aug 22
It was towards the end of last month that a Full Moon briefly put your work/life balance to the test, something that will prove its worth from the start and especially if you have heeded the reminder. Judging by how things ended in the closing hours of April, all eyes will be on the professional side of life’s fence. Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your career sector, the solar spotlight is always on your career and professional situation, matters and options at this time of year. Venus’ return on 29th April means that your heart is also engaged but is having Jupiter leave here on 26th May that has brought you to the final weeks of his 12 month quest for professional growth and expansion. As you move into the new month the Moon is just wrapping up its monthly visit to your work sector, something that has helped to energise the planets that it came into contact with across the income, work and career fronts from the start. Yet this is when those work/life balance reminders will come in handy, for it is just as you move into the new month that Mars will return to your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery for the first time in two years. With the Sun and Venus having recently moved through and Mercury here until 16th May, he will have no trouble firing up a passion for adventure and a hunger for life’s richer experiences, which he will do for the rest of the month and into the early weeks of June. While Mercury will return to your career sector on 16th May and Mars next month and this will keep the professional momentum going, this will dial back a bit towards the end of the month, when the tide of the year itself starts to shift. It begins with the Sun’s return to your friendship sector on 21st May, something that will always see the solar spotlight shift onto your social life, friendships, teamwork and networking at this time each year. The Sun will be followed by Venus’ return on 24th May, something that will bring the laws of attraction and synchronicity into play, but it is Jupiter’s return on 26th May that will lock this into place for the next 13 months.

	Virgo	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Aug 23 - Sep 22
This is a month of two halves, though not in terms of a month that is divided equally down the middle and instead, in terms of the contrast between how the month begins and how it ends. This contrast is so stark that it is going to change the dynamics of the year itself. The Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery, something that will always put the solar spotlight on the adventurous side of life’s fence while promoting a sense of wanderlust, curiosity and adventure at this time each year. While you still have Pluto in your work sector, his retrograde turn on 3rd May will keep him at a standstill for much of the month, though with a sense that he has stopped in order to wait for something. That something will come later in the month but until then, with Venus having just joined the Sun and with Jupiter here since May 2023, this is the most dominant theme this month and it will stay that way for the first three weeks. The change or the pivot begins when the Sun leaves and returns to your career sector on 21st May, something that at this time each year will always shift the solar spotlight onto your career and professional situation, matters and options. While Mercury will return to an adventurous part of your chart on 16th May, when Venus leaves and follows the Sun into your career sector on 24th May, this will shift your heart’s focus onto the professional side of life’s fence. However, the tipping point will come two days later when Jupiter leaves and returns to your career sector on 26th May, to begin your biggest year for professional growth and expansion in over a decade. This is what Pluto has been waiting for, for stationed at the start of your work sector, as first the Sun and then Venus and Jupiter return, they will move into a friendly aspect to Pluto, with the planets of luck and change set to be companions for much of the next 13 months. A month that began with a heavy focus on the adventurous side of life’s fence will end with a heavy focus on the professional side. Meanwhile, Mars will spend the whole of May firing up your financial passions and fighting spirit as he fights to see you take your financial power back.

	Libra	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Sep 23 - Oct 23
While it is business as usual as you move into the new month and with a lot of focus still on your financial situation and money matters, there is change in the air and whether you sense it from the start or not, this will strengthen as the month progresses. Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your financial sector, the solar spotlight is always on your financial situation and money matters at this time each year. Venus’ return at the end of last month means that the planet of money is also here and with Jupiter in the final weeks of his 12 month quest for financial growth and expansion in over a decade, that couldn’t be more important. It has been 12 years since the planets of money and luck were last in your financial sector at the same time and it will be another 12 years before it happens again. With the Sun here until 21st May, Venus until 24th May and Jupiter not leaving until 26th May, you have plenty of time to work with them. It is Mercury’s return on 16th May that will not only give you the smart head for money needed to get your head in the game and to think on your feet, but he will stay on until Mars returns next month to fully exploit all the potential this is creating. Until then, having just returned to your relationship sector as you move into the new month, Mars is more focused on fighting for what you want from your relationships. It is towards the latter part of the month that the year itself takes an exciting turn, with the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence about to power up. The seeds for this are being sown at the start of the month, when on 3rd May Pluto, the planet of change and transformation turns retrograde in a playful and creative part of your chart. In the early months of a 20 year visit, this will see Pluto stop and spend the rest of the month barely moving, as if he is waiting for something. That something is the Sun’s return to your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery on 21st May, followed by Venus on 24th May. While they are only passing through, when Jupiter returns on 26th May it will be to spend the next 13 months here. As each return they will move into a friendly aspect to Pluto, bringing him in from the start.

	Scorpio	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Oct 24 - Nov 21
There are some powerful forces in play this month and while the Sun, Venus and Mercury are all on the move, the greatest impact will come from Mars and Jupiter, planets that spend considerably longer in an area of your chart and can have a more significant impact. Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your relationship sector, the solar spotlight is always on your relationships at this time each year. However, the difference this year is that this comes just as Jupiter has reached the final weeks of his 12 month visit. It was Venus’ return at the end of April that has brought the planets of love and luck together in your relationship sector for the first time in 12 years, making this a powerful month for all your relationships. While the Sun will leave on 21st May, Venus on 24th May and Jupiter on 26th May Mercury, the planet of communication’s return on 16th May will keep the momentum going and the communication lines open until Mars returns next month. Meanwhile, having just returned to your work sector as you move into the new month, Mars is just getting started when it comes to firing things up on the job front, as he works to not only fire up a drive to make things happen but your warrior and competitive spirit. As you move into the new month, 1st May is the first day of what could be the busiest six weeks of the year. Fortunately, with Mercury here until 16th May, for the first half of the month anyway he will help you keep your head in the game and your feet on the ground, allowing you to work smarter. It is then that Mercury will return to your relationship sector, in time to ensure the communication lines open during the Sun, Venus and Jupiter’s final days and after they leave. Between them, Mercury and Mars will keep the momentum going on the job and relationship fronts, but there are big changes afoot on the financial front. It begins with the Sun’s return to your financial sector on 21st May, followed by Venus’ return on 24th May and Jupiter’s return on 26th May. This will ensure the planets of money and luck are together as you move into your biggest year for financial growth and expansion in over a decade.

	Sagittarius	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Nov 22 - Dec 21
From the start, there is a need to move into the new month with the intention of making a balance between work and play a priority and not just for the coming month. Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your work sector, the solar spotlight is always not just on work and job matters at this time of year, but on the busy side of life’s fence in general. Held back by a retrograde phase Mercury won’t return until 16th May, meaning that even though the Sun will leave on 21st May and Venus on 24th May, when Jupiter leaves on 26th and wraps up his 12 month quest for job growth and expansion, he will keep the seat warm. While this is likely to be the busiest month of the year so far, there are even busier times ahead. When Mars returns next month Jupiter will be gone, but as the warrior planet of the cosmos he will continue to exploit the potential this has created through the middle months of the year. Yet as you move into May, Mars has just returned to a fun, playful, romantic and creatively charged part of your chart and will spend the whole of this month fighting to ensure you have the right balance between work and play. This will help to balance the scales, something that will benefit you personally and professionally. If life is all work and no play this can have a negative impact on your productivity and creativity. This will help to ensure you have the right work/life balance when the focus starts to shift onto your relationships, starting with the Sun’s return to your relationship sector on 21st May, Venus’ return on 24th May and Jupiter’s return on 26th May. While this is the point in each year when the Sun shifts the focus onto your relationships, it has been 12 years since the planets of love and luck have met up here. This is the start of your most important year for all your relationships in over a decade, with support from Pluto in your communication sector from the start. The support will be important when the Moon not only moves through Sagittarius from 23rd May to 26th May but as a Full Moon, this puts a balance between your personal and relationship needs to the test.

	Capricorn	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Dec 22 - Jan 19
With the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and even Jupiter shifting signs and two planets turning retrograde this month, this is going to change the dynamics of the year itself. Especially Jupiter, for his presence is going to not just see the focus shift but this will lock it in for the next 13 months while changing the dynamics of the solar spotlight itself. The month begins with Jupiter in the final months of a 12 month visit to a playful and creative part of your chart. As the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May here, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart and all things fun, playful, romantic and creative at this time each year. With Venus, the planet of love having just returned at the end of April and with the asteroid Juno in her first full month back in direct motion in an adventurous part of your chart, this is putting a lot of focus on the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence. However, there is a shift coming and it is set to have major implications across the income, work and career fronts. The seeds for this will be sown when Pluto turns retrograde in your income sector on 3rd May, something that may put the brakes on income matters but it will all make sense later. As an already slow planet, this will lock the planet of change and transformation into position for the rest of the month. This means that when the Sun returns to your work sector on 21st May, Venus on 24th May and Jupiter two days later to begin your biggest year for job growth and expansion in over a decade on 26th May, they will all move into a friendly aspect to Pluto. Along with the South Node, which will spend the rest of 2024 in your career sector, this is the start of a partnership that will prevail for the rest of the year and in the case of Jupiter and Pluto, through to June 2025. Helping to keep things anchored and maintain the right work/life balance is Mars, who has just returned to your home and family sector as we moved into the new month.

	Aquarius	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Jan 20 - Feb 18
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your home and family sector, the solar spotlight is always on home, family and/or property matters at this time each year. Venus’ return on 29th April also means that as you move into the new month, home is where your heart is and where you will be developing a stronger sense of what you do and don’t want. While the Sun and Venus will return each year and having them here at the same time is an advantage, the real advantage comes from having them here during Jupiter’s final weeks here. With the planet of luck and expansion leaving on 26th May, this is a month for investing in the future. While the Sun will leave on 21st May and Venus on 24th May, Mercury’s return on 16th May will keep the momentum going until Mars returns next month to exploit the full potential. When Mars returns, he will want to make things happen and get things done, with Mercury offering a chance to stay on after Jupiter leaves to keep your head in the game and the communication lines open. While this will keep the momentum going and home and family matters will remain important, this is when the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence will start opening up. Over recent months the Sun, Venus, Mercury and Mars have all crossed the lunar nodes, something that put pressure on the South Node in an adventurous part of your chart, while an eclipsing Full Moon was the ultimate chance to challenge old excuses. However, the tables are about to turn and it begins with the Sun’s return to a playful and creative part of your chart on 21st May, followed by Venus’ return on 24th May and Jupiter’s return on 26th May. While this is the point in each year when the Sun will shift the solar spotlight onto matters of the heart and all things fun, playful, romantic and creative, Jupiter is here for the next 13 months. At some point they will all form a friendly aspect to the South Node, powering up the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence.

	Pisces	Wednesday 01 May 2024	Feb 19 - Mar 20
It is just as we move into the new month that Mars leaves Pisces and while he won’t make it past the doorstep and will be gone by day one, his legacy will live on and especially as he had spent his final days aligned with Neptune, the planet of dreams and your ruling planet. This is something that the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos has done every two years since Neptune returned to Pisces in 2012, bringing a chance to get passionate about turning your dreams and goals into reality. The difference this time is that when Mars returns in 2026, Neptune will be gone, as will Saturn who he also aligned with here last month. Yet Saturn and Neptune are staying on and what Mars has inspired, they will continue to give you the drive and motivation to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes in order to turn into reality. Meanwhile, less than 48 hours after Venus, the planet of money left your income sector Mars will step into her shoes and here now until the middle of June, with 1st May day one of his first war on glass ceilings, roadblocks and barriers, whether real or imagined in two years. Mars returns with the drive to fight for what you deserve but with the Sun and Venus having already moved through and with Mercury and his smart head for money to draw on until he leaves on 16th May, with plenty of potential from the start. In the meantime, Venus is just settling into her early days in your communication sector and of her mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice as you move into the new month. The Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May here, with the solar spotlight always on your communications at this time each year. However, with Jupiter wrapping up his 12 month visit on 26th May, with luck and good fortune smiling on you. Meanwhile, while the Sun’s return to your home and family sector on 21st May is the point in each year when the solar spotlight shifts onto home and family matters and Venus’ return on 24th May will make home where your heart is, it is Jupiter’s return on 26th May that will begin your most expansive and opportune year for home, family and/or property matters in over a decade.